From the man who gave us His and Hers, the Older and Bolder Campaign yesterday launched an advertisement defending the state pension. The ad has beenbanned by RTE due to it’s ‘political content’.
Entries Tagged as 'Irish Politics'
Senator Dearey and the poor paying
October 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments · eejit.., Equality, Green Party, Recession
The Order of Business in the Seanad brings up all sorts of kites to be flown by Senators checking in for their part time job which attracts the payment of an amount many times over the national minimum wage. Today Green Party appointed Senator Mark Dearey joined some of his kin in the SME sector […]
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No greater love has a Councillor for his party leader
October 15th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Irish Politics
than regular blog subject Councillor Simon Harris. This week Simon (4 Quotas in Greystones Town Council, Wicklow County Councillor and prospective – self declared- Dáil Candidate) treats us to a wonderful list of the Seven Myths about Enda Kenny. Some of the highlights. Enda’s problem is a media creation The people continually talking about Enda […]
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Fianna Fáil at work
October 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics
Last week I wondered if anyone had seen a Fianna Fáil canvasser recently. I heard that some members of Cyprian Brady’s team were out yesterday locally leafletting but too scared to use the door knockers and got a run or two from voters anxious to interact. If you forget what Fianna Fáil members look like […]
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Irish MEP’s join Intergroup
October 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Irish MEP’s join Intergroup · Equality, European Union, Irish Politics, LGBT
I mentioned recently the paucity of Irish MEP’s who had joined the LGBT Intergroup of the European Parliament. I’m happy to report that this week Joe Higgins (Socialist Party – Dublin) and Marian Harkins (Independent – West) have both accepted invitations to join. They join Prionsias de Rossa and Nessa Childrers. Other MEP’s have also […]
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